Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-06-04

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cd could be. Tho flrstwc hea.--Slseu OF nm
IS his opening prayer iaassa tho Confederate
agrees in Richmond~ySe,1 which was reported Ill
/, New YasasS! pers, which prayer, if
i aiisN the least, have left
all hs strn relatives in very uncomfort-
able circumstances. The ministry Mt the
north prayed one way and tho ministry ut
the south prayed the other way. No use III
bilin. tho fact that tho north and the south
cursed cach other with whitening and all
consuming curse.
Beside that untipathy of war time place
tho complete accord of this time. Not long
aro a meeting in New York was held to raise
mon,v TO build {; homo at Richmond for
cripplcd Confederate soldiers, AMI was pro-
sided over by u ,nau who lost an arm and
leg in fighting ON tho northern side, and the
,ctr which was not lost so hurt TINT it docs not
amount to much The Cotton exhibition held
not long ago ut Atlanta was attended by tens
of thousands of northern people md by Gen.
sherman, who was greeted with kindness, as
though they had never seen him before. AT
tba Now Orleans exhibition, held two years
aro. every northern state was represented. A
tionsond fold kintllicr feeling after the war
than before the war. No moro use for gun
powder il this country, except for rifle prac-
ticc or Fourth Of July pyrotechnics or n shot
ot n rocbuclS III tho Adiron,lacks. Brigadier
generals in tho Southern Confederacy
making their fortunes as lawyers i'll tbs
northern cities. Rivers of Georgia, Ala
: hama and North Carolina turning
mills OF New England capitalists. The old
lions Of war, Fort Sumter and Moultrie and
LAFAYETTE and Picllens and Hamilton, sound
asleep OIL their iron paws aud instead of rais-
ING money to keep enemies out of our New
York harbor, raising money for tho Bartholdl
statute on Dcdloe's island, figure OF liberty
with uplifted torch to light tho way to ell
who want to como in. Instead of war antip-
athies, when you could not cross tho limo be-
tween tho contestants without fighting your
way with keen steel or getting through by
passes carefully sciutinizcd at every step by
bayoncts, you neel only railroad ticket
from New York to Charleston or New Orleans
to GO clear through and there is no use for
any weapon sharper or stronger than steel
pen. Since tho years of time began their
roll, has there over been IN about two decades
such un ovcrmpstcring antithcsis rs between
: the war tino Of complete bitterness, and this
e time of complete sympathy.
d Contrast also tho domestic life OF those
77TeH II. COMMUNICATING by uncertain
| 1,tta Nl1U u lllOllilbs
left home FsthfSE a 6paatsie but crying inside
III Everybody nervous and excited Boys of tin
10 blue and gray whether you started from TIN
10 banks of tho Hudson, or tho Savannah, or thu
&c Androscosgin, don't you remember the scene
II at the front door, at the rail car window, OF
% the steamboat landing? The luzza could no
u drown out the suppressed sadness. Don't 20,
s. remember those charges to write homo often
u and take good care of yourself, be good boys
" and the goodby kiss which they thought anc
y you thought might be forever. Then thu
9 homesickncss rs you paced the river bank OF
Il starlight night on picket duty and the sly
/ tears which you wiped OFF when you heard 6
e group at the camp fire singing the plantation
). song about tho old folks at homo. The dinner o.
70 hard tack OIL Thanksgiving Day, and tht
e Christmas without any presents, and tho long
. nights in tho hospital, so different from, the
g sickness when you were ut homo with mother
and sister at the bedside, and the clock III the
0 hall, giving the exact moment for tho nledi-
5 cinc; and tiiut forced march when your Leg
Q ached and Your head achcd, and your
: wounds achctl, and more than all, your heart
!; ached HomesiclncsS, which had i'll it u suf.
/ location and u pang worse than death. You
o never got hardened as did tie guartlsman in
u the Crimcan war, who heartleSsly wrote
Il homc to his nothcr:
~ 10 not want TO SEQ any more crying let
II tiers come to the Crinca from you. Those
q havo received put into my riiio after load
n ng it, and have fired them at tho Russians
Is because you appear to have strong dislike
l.. of them. If you havo seen rs many killed al
IL have YOU wonll not have as many weak
If ideas rs you now have"
st You never felt like that. When n soldiers
l. knapsack was found after his death in the
p American war there was generally 4 careful
II package containing a Bible, few photo
Il graphs and letters from homo. On the other
% hand tens OF thousands of homes waited for
is news. Parents saying: "rwonty thousand
IL killed. wonder if our boy was among
I thclnn Painting dead away in post offices
d and telegraph stations Both the ears OF
o God filled with the sobs and agonies of kindred
Il waiting for news or dropping under the all,
:, nounccmont of bad News. Speak, swamps OF
g the Chickuhominy, and midnight lagoons,
Il and fire rats of tho Mississippi, and gunboats
r before Vicksburg, and woods OF Antictam,
: and tell to al tho mountains and valleys and
t rivers ind lakes OF north and south, jcremiads
4 Of war times that have never been syllabled
Q Beside that domestic perturbation and
i homesickness of those days put the sweet do
mesticity of to-day The only camp fire you
I now ever sit at is the one kindled III stove
0 or furnace or hearth. Instead Of half ration
7 of suit pork, q repast luxurinnt because par
4 taken Of by loving family circle and in secret
Q condolences Oh, now SEQ who those letters
I: wero for, the letters you, tho young soldier
Y took SO long i'll your tent to write, and that
you were so particular to put i'll the mai
without any ono seeing you lest you be teased
bv your comrades. God spared you to gel
0 back, and though tho old people have gone
you have home of your own construction
: and you often contrast those awful absences
e and tiliaI and brotherly and loverly heart
breaks with your present residence, which i:
+ the dearest place you will tird this side OF
r heaven The place where your children were
o born is the place where you want to die. IL
K writo the figures of 1862 set up four crystals
: CRYSTALS Of tears To write tho figures of 1885,
! stand up four members Of your household
a figures of rosy cheeks and haxen hair, if cal
:: get them to stand still long enough.
e Contrast also the religious opportunities Of
Il twenty years ago with now Often on the
k march from Sunday morn till night, or com
III mandcd 10y officers who considered tho name
: of God and Christ of no use except to swear
% by. Sometimes the drumhead, the pulpit anc
you standing in heat or cold, all the surround
I ings Of military life having tendency te
a make you reckless. No privacy for prayer
Q OF Bible reading. No sound Of church bells
I Sabbaths spent far away from the place where
!, you were brought up Now, the choicest
sanctuaries, easy pew, all Christian surround
d ings, the air full of God and Christ, and
heaven and doxology. Three mountains
Q lifting themselves into tho holy Gght-Mount
Y Sinni- laundering its law. Mount Calvary